"The People's Forum: Black Metropolis-- A Challenge to Chicago"

"The People's Forum: Black Metropolis-- A Challenge to Chicago"

Drake, St. Clair -- Black metropolis
African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Parkway Community House -- History -- 20th century
Forums (Discussion and debate) -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century

After the 1945 publication of Horace Cayton and St. Clair Drake's sociological classic, Black Metropolis, Parkway Community House launched a series of public forums to discuss issues raised in the book and shape debate about the future for Black Chicagoans in the post-war period. This is a brochure advertising the forum.

Parkway Community House

Chicago Public Library, Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection

Chicago Public Library Digital Collections

1946

Ina Cox

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Brochure

Eng

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Bronzeville (Chicago, Ill.)
Washington Park (Chicago, Ill.)

Brochure